Santa Rosa de Copan

It´s cool here in Santa Rosa. We are spending time in the internet to help pass the time because there ain´t much to do. We arrived here about 10:30 am after an easy two bus rides from Copan, quicker than we thought. The first ride was in a colectivo van, nice and new, and only as many people as there were seats. Geordie was directed to a seat in the back but made me tell the guy in Spanish that he would ¨vomitar¨if he sat there, so they let him sit up front with the driver instead.

We left at 8;20 and were in La Entrada at 9:50 am where we were dropped off at the madhouse of a bus field (not quite a terminal although they called it that). We had competing offers for buses to Santa Rosa, each claiming to be the faster - we were practically being dragged to the buses. We hesitated though and after almost going on the old school bus, opted for the more "modern" but equally old highway bus. And guess what, it was the one which left first and didn´t stop at every corner for passengers. Looks like we lucked out for a change. It was almost comfortable except for the broken arm rest - and Geordie wasn´t happy with the woman standing up next to him rubbing her thigh against his leg. She only had two fingers on her left hand and was not a young ducky, so he may have misinterpreted her intentions. Well, he says she wasn´t even aware of it. The bus was full and had standees from the back to almost the front of the bus. We haven´t travelled like this in ages. Ah, the good old days.

In Santa Rosa we took a taxi up to a hotel that was recommended in Lonely Planet. The ride cost more than the trip from La Entrada for one person. Maybe they saw the gringos coming. The hotel is actually a B and B with only four rooms and is a converted house. Quite pleasant, with big large beds which are comfortable, a living room where we can sit and read and we have ordered breakfast tomorrow for 7:30. We had first ordered it for 8:30 but after a walk around town, realized that we didn´t need to stay any longer so could get on our way early. We did a little walk up to the central park and beyond, looking for a pizza place that came well recommended. That´s where we are going to eat, sorry all you foodies. For lunch though we had roasted chicken, Peruvian style -which brought back memories of some of the small towns we stopped at in Peru where roast chicken was the most easily found food. Tasty, and the french fries were good, made with real potatoes and fried a la minute.

Tomorrow we are off to El Salvador. We have to catch a bus to the border town from here, and then a bus to the Honduran border, do the formalities, then walk to the El Salvador border and a bus from there into El Salvador itself. We will probably change buses somewhere off there to get to the town we are heading to, if we manage to get all that done right. We´ll find a bed somewhere anyway.